Soulfusion

Reading most of the posts above I get the feeling that many are underwhelmed by the RSD 2019 offering. The Soul Brother show yesterday played a good overview of some of the Funk/Soul items being made available. https://www.mixcloud.com/soulbrothersounds/soul-brother-selection-rsd-2019-preview-special-7th-april-2019/ Difficulty is finding a store locally to me that is likely to order a lot/any of the Funk/Soul items and with many limited to 500 pressings across the 200+ stores involved I do not fancy my chances but we will wait and see.

Just been announced that Stevie is headlining the Hyde Park concert on Saturday 6th July. Lionel Richie is special guest.

There is a full review of You're The Man here... https://www.soulandjazzandfunk.com/reviews/6105-marvin-gaye-youre-the-man-motownumc.html

Not sure if this has had a mention before. Lyrics are still relevant in 2019

On this subject, soul dancing, there is an interview with Mister Tee (of Real Side Records) on Soul On The Real Side vol. 8, that suggested Northern Soul dancing was nothing new (in the '70s) since Tommy Hunt was making a lot of those moves back in the 1950's!

If anyone is in any doubt that quality soul music is not produced in 2019 they should take a listen to the Durand Jones album American Love Call. Absoulutely superb.

Absoulutely adore the Looking Up To You track.... RIP

Been through my box and discovered a copy of this from '96 RIP

Robb K - Wow just wow.

Cue Ian ....

I am seeking B&S issue nos. 1 - 12 (Inc.), 14, 22 - 23, 28 if anyone can assist Cheers Steve

Certainly seems so...

This sounds right up my street. Order placed

Is it not a little bit like covers; most are worse, some are good but nearly all lack the originality of the original!

Hi Mike I think there is a difference between the value of something and its worth. Both are subjective and earlier in the discussion I think you answered the question yourself earlier in this discussion. The value of something often will have an emotional attachment to it that its worth will not. So a record heard years ago that remind an individual of a specific time and place can be priceless. Nevertheless for someone that hears that same record for the first time and want it will likely just pay the current going price. Steve

Received both of the John Lias Soul Album books and Dave Rimmer's Rare Soul Bible for Xmas so got a lot to get through... plus I am still delving into and out of Richard Searling's book. On my list with my Christmas pennies are the Stuart Cosgrave "Soul Trilogy" books.

Having missed the opportunity to wish all at Soul Source a Merry Xmas I thought I would get myself organised by wishing you all a Happy New Year and successful 2019! Steve

I am pretty certain that I have this album at home; will check later and let you know - unless you are already sorted... Steve

I shall probably be in the minority (as usual) but for me The O'Jays is the superior track but I am a bit of an O'Jays fanboy....

Discovered the west coast of Wales about 6 years ago and love it. Been fortunate with the weather whenever we have visited. Reminds me of 1980's Cornwall when it was still relatively uncommercialised. For those that know the area; funniest remark made to me when I first visited was Newport (not South Wales one) was nice but a bit too commercialised.

I believe that Stateside was a label imprint introduced by EMI to rival London American and cater for the growing UK taste for independent US label R&B tunes that were not being 'rinsed' by Pat Boone and the like. EMI picked up the US rights for Berry Gordy's labels (after several false dawns with other UK imprints) and with Dave Godin's persistence introduced the Tamla Motown label for those acts whilst continuing Stateside for non Motown US releases. Almost certainly there were no simultaneous releases back in the day as it could take 6 months to break a record in the US before it ever got heard in the UK. This was all pre-internet age and transatlantic phone calls was still relatively rare so information from the USA was very slow compared to today.

Somehow these two posts do not seem to coincide....

Reading a lot of the threads on this forum there appears to be a lot of passion displayed whenever the subject of original vinyl only events and wannabe DJ's crops up and there seems to be a link between the two. Did OVO come about because of the number of bootleg 7"s being played on the scene or to protect the scene from other formats (CD, mp3, download) being played? Records that have not been produced legally should not have a place on the scene and clearly in today's world it is easy to legally get hold of 'rare' soul that is properly licensed from copyright owners with royalties being paid to the correct people (good?) but, as a consequence, allows everyone and their Nan, in theory, to do a DJ set (bad?). However, simply having deep pockets to buy original vinyl does not automatically make you an effective DJ whereas barring people who may have the necessary DJ skills but not the financial fire power to purchase 'rare' original vinyl is maybe preventing the scene to evolve. There must be a place on the scene for legal reissues if a vinyl only policy is to be maintained if only to get rid of bootleg copies.

The breadth of choice that is available to consume music today for me means that there is no reason at all for people to 'boot' singles other than to defraud and con the ill informed. For new collectors the larger problem is identifying the historic bootlegs which are almost 40 years old themselves. Clearly, by their rarity, a lot of these records sold in very few quantities so the efforts of those that arrange the legal reissues of these rare sides ought to be supported; especially if some royalties go back to the artist/writer/producer (or their families) who created these sounds that are still enjoyed.

Just placed my order; the clip sounds great. Steve